Improvement in bale-ties



L. ARNOLD.

Bale-Ties.

No. 133,349. Patented Nov.26,1872.

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LLOYD ARNOLD, OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.

I'MPRQVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,349, dated November26, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LLoYn ARNOLD, of Galveston, in the county ofGalveston and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Bale-Tie, of which the following is a specification My invention isan improvement in the class of cotton-bale ties in which the free end ofthe band is doubled and passed over a lateral arm or tongue of the tie;and it consists in combining a holdingbar with said arm or tongue, ashereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a top view of the tie, showingit as applied and the bale expanded. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view.

A represents the tie. B is the band. One end of the band is made fast tothe tie by means of the opening 0, with that end doubled,

so that it will be as shown at D when the bale expands. The tie is laidupon the bale wrong side up, and the other end of the band is broughtaround the bale and looped around the tongue H, through the opening E.When the bale expands the tie will revolve, and the band and the tiewill present the appearance shown in the drawing. The end of the bandwill, by means of the openings E and F, be

same.

of the loop and yet allows it to be readily debrought under the bar G,which completes the operation. A projection, I, on the tongue H, servesto prevent the loop slipping oif the The tongue G serves to confine theend tached. p

I am aware it is not new to construct a baletie with a lateral arm overwhich to pass the loop formed at the free end of the band; also, that aholding-bar or short arm has been employed to keep a loop from slippingor becoming loosened; but I believe I am the first to combine thesedevices and thereby attain the desired result, viz.,.facility ofattachment and detachment of the loop and security of the fastening whenthe parts are in their normal position.

I accordingly claim- As a new article of manufacture, the baletie A,provided with the ordinary slot E, and

with the tongue or bar H having the projection I, and the shorterloop-holding tongue G,

as specified.

LLOYD ARNOLD.

Witnesses: I

SEABROOK W. Monroe, Mo. K. SPEERs.

